Spanish Subordinating Conjuctions

Definition:Spanish subordinating conjunction is a word that aims to join together two clauses, a dependent and an independent clause. Subordinating conjunctions in Spanish language are specially used to join two sentences when one of them is depending on the other.

Spanish Subordinating Conjuction

Some of the most important subordinating conjunctions are::

Spanish

English

a condición de que

on the condition that

a fin de que

so that

a menos que

unless

antes (de) que

before

aunque

although, though

bien que

even though

como

as, since

con tal (de) que

provided that, as long as

cuando

when

mientras que

provided that, as long as

para que

so that

por miedo de que

for fear that

porque

because

pues

as

puesto que

since

que

that

si

if

sin que

without

siempre que

provided that, as long as

tan pronto como

as soon as

ya que

since

en caso de que

in case

en vista de que

in view of the fact that

luego

therefore

hasta que

until

debido a

because of

en tanto que

while

como si

as if, as though

para que no

lest

por que

why

si bien

although, even though

Examples

This is the restaurant that I told you about.

Este es el restaurante del que te hablé.

In this example, the subordinating conjunction "que" introduces the sentence "te hablé" that depends on the first sentence "este es el restaurante".